◆Exhibition game Rakuten Eagles 1-3 Nippon-Ham (11th, Shizuoka)

Nippon-Ham closer Manager Tsuyoshi Shinjo (54) of the National League's National League Baseball Association praised Fukuya Yamazaki pitcher (33), who took the mound at third in the 0-0 seventh inning and pitched one inning without hit runs, hitter allowing three hits on just six pitches. The first time I saw him, I thought he was a good player," he said. (Actually) it was 145. reliever I think he's good at it. I think he's good at it. It's pretty good," he said, evaluating his suitability as a reliever

Yamazaki started in the opening rotation last season, but his performance did not improve towards the end of the season and he was moved to reliever, where he pitched as reliever in the final S of the CS against Softbank Hawks.

This season, he has been adjusting as a starting pitcher since spring training, and in his last appearance on the 5th against Seibu Lions (at Escon Stadium), he started the game, pitching 4 innings, giving up 4 hit and 2 runs, throwing 59 pitches.